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GratShare
What GratShare is
GratShare is a web platform for restaurants to calculate, allocate, distribute, report, and archive tips, gratuities, service charges, commissions, and related pay data. Its configurable rules can account for pools, tip-outs, weights, departments, roles, shifts, locations, exceptions, and custom distributions. When a rule uses POS item tracking, tippable items can guide distribution by station, role, pool, or support team. Managers can review calculations, make overrides, handle exceptions, and approve changes with traceable records. The platform also provides payout and payroll export workflows, employee earnings visibility, reconciliation, reporting, and audit history. Listed integrations span POS, time-and-attendance, digital payout, and payroll services, including Toast, Oracle, ADP, Paychex, Visa Direct, Branch, Harri, and 7shifts. The maker lists 180+ connected endpoints, 60+ POS systems, and 20+ payroll partners. It advertises a free pilot lasting 30–90 days, but no free plan. Per-location plans start at $49 a month for self-managed service with annual prepayment; a monthly invoice is also offered. White-glove service is $89 a month with annual prepayment, and Enterprise pricing is custom.
Who it suits
GratShare is aimed at hospitality businesses managing gratuities and related pay, from single restaurants to larger groups and venues. It may suit teams that need configurable allocation rules, payroll workflows, and audit records.
What it does well
- Rules can account for roles, shifts, locations, and exceptions.
- Managers can review and approve changes with traceable records.
- Includes payroll exports, reconciliation, and audit history.
- Free pilot lasts 30–90 days.
- No per-transaction or per-employee fees are listed.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- You Drive starts at $49 a month per location.
- Listed plans use annual prepayment, though monthly invoicing is offered.
- Enterprise pricing is custom.
Limits
There is no free plan. The lowest listed plan, You Drive, costs $49 a month per location with annual prepay and is self-managed; monthly invoicing is also offered.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free Pilot | 30–90 day pilot · Pilot access before paid deployment | Free |
| You Drive | Monthly invoice or annual prepay (29% savings) · Self-managed deployment · free implementation and support · compliance tracking · enterprise security | $49 a month |
| We Drive | Monthly invoice or annual prepay (29% savings) · White-glove deployment · free implementation and support · compliance tracking · enterprise security | $89 a month |
| Enterprise | Custom volume pricing; ROI estimate uses $125/location/month · Multi-brand operators · enterprise deployment · custom volume pricing | On request |
As gratuitysolutions.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit the GratShare website.
- Use the web platform.
- Review the per-location You Drive and We Drive plans, or contact the maker about Enterprise custom pricing.
- Ask the maker about the advertised 30–90-day free pilot.
Verdict
GratShare combines configurable tip allocation with payroll, reporting, and audit workflows for hospitality businesses. Compare its per-location plan structure and required integrations with your operation before selecting a plan.
Questions
Does GratShare have a free plan or trial?
There is no free plan. The maker advertises a free pilot lasting 30–90 days.
How much does GratShare cost?
You Drive is $49 a month per location and We Drive is $89 a month per location, both listed with annual prepay; monthly invoicing is also offered. Enterprise has custom volume pricing.
Which platforms does GratShare support?
GratShare is listed as a web platform.
What integrations are listed?
The maker lists POS, time-and-attendance, digital payout and payroll integrations, including Toast, Oracle, ADP, Paychex, Visa Direct, Branch, Harri and 7shifts.
Who makes GratShare?
Gratuity Solutions describes the platform as serving hospitality businesses ranging from single restaurants to national groups, casinos, hotels and airports.
What security and compliance details does the maker give?
The maker says integration data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and identifies its SOC 2 status as Type II certified. It says the platform supports audit-ready compliance across 45+ states.
Facts from GratShare's own pages
- Android availability
- AppBrain reports GratShare was removed from Google Play on May 3, 2024; its last listed version was 2.0.2, updated July 13, 2017. · appbrain.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API and SDKs
- The opened official pages describe proprietary integrations and a patented payment platform but provide no public API reference or SDK download. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Audit history
- Rules, exceptions, approvals and distribution records are retained in an auditable history. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- The company’s own history identifies 2009 as its founding year in Naples, Florida. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company scale
- Gratuity Solutions says its platform serves more than 15,000 locations and has paid out over $17 billion. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The company says its platform supports audit-ready compliance across 45+ states and identifies its SOC 2 status as Type II certified. · gratuitysolutions.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Employee transparency
- Employees can view calculated earnings and payout activity through connected employee access tools. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Fees
- The pricing page says there are no hidden fees, per-transaction charges, or per-employee fees. · gratuitysolutions.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2009 · gratuitysolutions.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Free pilot
- The maker advertises a free pilot lasting 30–90 days. · gratuitysolutions.com, 3 Oct 2026
- G2 review volume
- G2’s Gratuity Solutions seller page lists 13 reviews across its products, while the individual listed products show zero reviews and no aggregate product rating. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Naples, Florida, United States · gratuitysolutions.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Integration architecture
- The company says its proprietary Sync Suite connects POS, payroll, time-and-attendance and payout systems; some endpoints are private OEM or white-label connections. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The partner ecosystem claims more than 180 connected endpoints, including over 60 POS systems and more than 20 payroll providers. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integration scope
- The integrations page says the platform has 180+ connected endpoints, 60+ POS systems, and 20+ payroll partners, including private OEM and white-label connections. · gratuitysolutions.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Gratuity Solutions describes its platform as serving hospitality businesses from single restaurants to national groups, casinos, hotels, and airports. · gratuitysolutions.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Item-level distribution
- POS-tracked menu items can trigger station, role, pool or support-team distribution logic. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Item tracking
- When POS item tracking is part of a rule, GratShare can use tippable items to direct distribution by station, role, pool, or support team. · gratuitysolutions.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The software is proprietary and protected in part by U.S. Patent 9,741,050; no open-source licence is stated. · gratuitysolutions.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Android connectivity
- AppBrain comments include reports that the Android app remained stuck on a connecting screen and did not work. · appbrain.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: calculation and fee complaints
- AppBrain comments include an allegation that tip totals did not add up and a complaint about daily charges. · appbrain.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: forced migration
- An Apple reviewer complained about being forced to switch from GratShare to PayDayPortal. · apps.apple.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile reliability
- An Apple reviewer reported date-entry errors and difficult calendar scrolling, saying the feature had stopped working reliably. · apps.apple.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: worker fee investigation
- The District of Columbia Attorney General said restaurants passed GratShare fees to workers and investigated the practice as potentially unlawful wage deductions. · oag.dc.gov, 15 Oct 2026